Hello ysessa,
I am not totally sure what you mean by making worse pot odds- and therefore making raise higher. I am a new player and would just like a more depth explanation. Thank you very much for your time
TheDahl

This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by JonatanW: 12.08.2008 09:19.

The higher he has to call to see the next card the more times his hand needs to be profitable. He will make his flush on the turn 1 in 4 times thus he will (probably) win one in four hands. If you count the river as well he will make his flush half the time. His first call is not that good, maybe with implied it gets marginal (lets say UTG+1 is drawing for a flush). However when you both go all in he suddenly has 1:3 pot odds for a 1:2 draw. Which means he needs to win 1 in 3 to be profitable, and he makes his flush half the time, thus he can't lay his hand down. A higher raise would give him very bad pot odds to call in the first place and you might be able to push him out of the hand.